Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Obamacare as an Entitlement – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

So, you’re afraid you may not qualify for ObamaCare
subsidies (taxpayer handouts), are you?Hey, not to worry! Just make stuff up and lie! The government will be
using the “honor system” to “verify” your “eligibility.”

The Obama
administration announced Friday that it would significantly scale back the
health law’s requirements that new insurance marketplaces verify consumers’
income and health insurance status.

Instead, the
federal government will rely more heavily on consumers’ self-reported
information until at least 2015, when it plans to have stronger verification
systems in place.

Here’s more from a Forbes article entitled Not Qualified for ObamaCare’s Subsidies?
Just Lie – Gov’t to Use “Honor System” Without Verifying Your Eligibility:

On Friday [...]
the Washington Post discovered that the administration had buried in the
Federal Register the announcement that the government won’t be able to verify
whether or not applicants for ObamaCare’s insurance exchange subsidies are
actually qualified for the aid in the 16 states that are setting up their own
exchanges.

Instead, until at
least 2015, these states will be able to “accept the applicant’s attestation
[regarding eligibility] without further verification.”

Do you suppose that the CBO's scoring of the bill would change now if and when they account for a higher number of fraudulently insured
people? You bet it's going to change the cost numbers!

The honor system works so well in our nation of such high
morals – does it not? After all; the very same honor system worked out
perfectly well in Cleveland and a few other key locations during 2012
presidential balloting, didn’t it?

No fraud or potential
for fraud here folks – nothing to see – just move along now!